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Definitions for Retire

[1] to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
[2] to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
[3] to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
[4] to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
[5] to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
[6] to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
[7] to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
[8] to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
[9] to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
[10] Sports . to put out (a batter, side, etc.).
[11] a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
[12] retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.
[13] a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
[14] (also tr) to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age (in Britain and Australia usually 65 for men, 60 for women)
[15] to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc
[16] to go to bed
[17] to recede or disappear the sun retired behind the clouds
[18] to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury
[19] (also tr) to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back
[20] (tr) to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for them to remove (money) from circulation

Words related to Retire

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Origin of Retire

é< French, past participle of retirer to retire

Other words from Retire

re·tir·er , noun

Word origin for Retire

C16: from French retirer, from Old French re- + tirer to pull, draw

Synonyms for Retire

depart, go, pull out, relinquish, remove, retreat, separate, surrender, withdraw, decamp, ebb, exit, part, recede, regress, repeal, rescind, resign, revoke, rusticate, secede, yield, absent oneself, deny oneself, draw back, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, pull back, run along, seclude oneself, sever connections, stop working, take off, turn in